Monday, August 04, 2014

1946 Years Since the Hurban

Jewish tradition has it that the destruction of the second Beit Hamikdash took place in the year 3828, which is the year 68 (כמנין חיים) - unlike the secular historians who date it at the year 70. We can therefore say that the Shechina has suffered without a place to rest - and we have suffered without a place to offer sacrifices - for 1946 years.

GezaGeza tells me the verses from the Torah (besides many from Nach) that have the gematria of 1946:

Hashem saves us from Egypt and Pharaoh. There is a widely known connection between Pesah and Tish'a Be'av brought out in many Kinot and by the fact that they both always fall out on the same day of the week.

גאל הדם, הוא ימית את הרצח: בפגעו בו, הוא ימתנו.

This can be a Remez (not made up by me) to HKB"H killing the Yetzer Hara (Hu Mal'ach Hamavet) at the End of Days.

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מלכים א 8:29 "להיות עינך פתחת אל הבית הזה לילה ויום אל המקום אשר אמרת יהיה שמי שם לשמע אל התפלה אשר יתפלל עבדך אל המקום הזה "That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place which You said, 'My Name will be there;' to listen to the prayer that Your servant will pray toward this place." is the gematria of תשעה אב 5774. May Hshem hear our prayers and bring us the third bais hamikdosh now.

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I'm a half-Sepharadi, half-Ashkenazi, Haredi Zionist. I hope that clears it all up. :-)
I went to a Haredi elementary school, a mixed Haredi/modern high school, Haredi Yeshiva in Israel, and back to a mixed Yeshiva after that. I have a masters degree in computer science and Semicha.
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